Dear reader, this story is one of blackmail and coercion, but ending in true love between a more mature woman, and a man thirteen years her junior. Hope you enjoy it, I did.
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Geoff Tyler was sat in his office chair, he was unable to speak, he had just had the biggest shock of his thirty seven year old life. He had been taken by total surprise, utter shock descended over him like a dark cloud, fear, dread, the end of his life as he knew it was at an end.
His house, his home, his family, his lifestyle, his living, and in fact his whole world. His wife would leave him he was sure, and he would be almost certain to go to jail, no not almost, it was 100% certain, all of it would be gone at the press of one button, what was he going to do.
"You need to get a hold of yourself Geoff, don't let the rest of the team see you like this through the glass separators, they can't hear you, but they can see you," said the young man sat in front of him, separated by Geoff's big desk.
Geoff stared at the small stack of documents spread out in front of him; there were about ten A4 sheets in all. And all were filled with rows of numbers, a running total at the bottom, and the sum of that total was 1.576.846 USD. Although the alternative amount was in Euros, a converted figure last used had been 164USD to 1 Euro.
This was the amount Geoff had squirreled away over the last ten years. He had systematically robbed the firm he had worked for, for the last fifteen years. He had been so sure of himself; he had taken such great care, never once taking huge amounts of money, always small ones. And always when no one could 'see' it in the computer system, one that he had helped to set up twelve years ago.
Now his world was in tatters, he felt sick; he threw up into his waste basket. "I understand how you feel Geoff, but hey ho, hey?" the young man smiled at him. Geoff was the financial director of the world wide construction company he worked for, he had a lavish lifestyle, he had a beautiful wife, two fantastic children, and all to live for.
The young man sat opposite him, he grimaced when Geoff was sick in the bin, he rose and opened a window. He was Marty Peters; he was Geoff's junior assistant, a sort of gofer, but also he was being trained by the great man. His father was a big wheel in the industry and had requested that his son enter a works experience programme for six months before returning to college. To complete his degree in Political, Financial and Corporate. He had two weeks left before he left for good.
Marty was nearly twenty one years old, and was super savvy with computers, his father had worked as a soft ware designer and engineer, and could find his way around any computer in the world, and this knowledge he had passed on to his extremely clever son.
And Marty had been going back through time on Geoff's computer learning the programmes he himself had set up. Geoff knew he was using his machine, but wasn't troubled or concerned about it, but he should have been! Marty noticed anomalies on several classified balance sheets, it piqued his interest, things like that always did, he wasn't looking for anything devious, but that's what he found.
It took him more than three months to piece things together and finally and incontrovertibly, it was Geoff Tyler's doing, he had unloaded from the firm the undeniable sum of 1.576.846 USD. Marty's first thought was, shall I say nothing, shall I go upstairs with it, shall I challenge Geoff himself, but this would give him chance to delete the evidence Marty had uncovered, then blown him out of the water, and ruined his upcoming career before he even got started on it.
At almost twenty one years old Marty was fully grown man, and he was an impressive specimen of a man too. Good looking, tall at six feet two, 190lbs. He had had girlfriends from a young age, and he was more than sexually competent, his last one, a divorcee would confess to that. And he had a brain so sharp you could cut yourself on it. He was a rising star of that he was certain, but now he wondered what to do, it was only money after all. But surely the great man had enough already?
And then came the one thing that made his mind up as to what to do, it was dangerous, it could blow up in his face, but he was confident enough in himself to believe it wouldn't. He had met Geoff's wife two weeks ago at a company brunch. She fascinated him, she was gorgeous, she was also very intelligent, which he knew would or should work in his favour.
Kelly Tyler was a real honey, five feet seven inches, long glossy auburn hair, a figure that any woman would kill for, but it was her face that captivated him, it was beautiful, and the thing(s) that pointed him in her direction, after he had weighed up the pro's and con's of what to do, were her lips. He had tried not to stare, but every facial contortion she pulled, a smile, a grin, a purse, a whistle like blow, even a grimace, said to the whole world and to him in particular. 'You want to kiss me don't you?'
She was thirty four years old, and was all woman, she was elegant in her movements, demure, yet debonair, she, to Marty, was sex on legs. Her eyes were bright and investigative; he surmised that when she was glancing around she was appraising people. Her gaze fell on him, their eyes met; he felt the heat from the twenty yards he was from her. He locked his eyes on her and fired back, then he tipped his drink to her in acknowledgement, and winked. Marty saw the flicker of a smile before she turned away. To him she was the most stylish woman he had ever laid eyes on; he got a hard on just looking at her that day.
Marty had reluctantly decided that a little blackmail might not go amiss, and his target wasn't Geoff or his illicit money, no, it was his gorgeous wife Kelly, and it would have to happen this weekend, because the following week he would be gone for good, never to return. And really, he thought, if the worst comes to the worst then I'll make him return the money and forget it.
And now he was about to detonate the bomb he had been preparing in his mind. "Mr Tyler, Geoff," he said quietly, "this is your own doing, you have embezzled a lot of money, it can't be denied, the bank account numbers are all there. The twenty three from the company and the one you have in the Cayman Isles."
Geoff sat there stunned, his mind was doing cartwheels, tossing situations around in his head, and discarding them as fast as each one appeared, he was in sthuck, the deep mucky brown stuff, deep shit! He was already drowning, going under, the quick sand had him and he was being sucked down, and no life belt!
"You have become your own Nemesis Geoff," Marty said, "What do you think I should do Geoff, shall I take this upstairs to the head man Geoff? But I think we know what will happen when they investigate all this don't we Geoff," he told him, the constant use of his name irritated 'Geoff.' Marty pointed at the documents. "You'll be in the nick Geoff, and the keys thrown into the river, you'll be an old man before they let you out, Geoff!" Marty had no idea if this was true, and he was guessing Geoff didn't either.
"What do you want you little bastard," Geoff got tough, "do you think you can blackmail me you cunt!" Marty smiled inwardly, 'nice Geoff, real nice,' he said to himself. "Half Marty, is that what you want hmmm, half of the money, maybe all of it?" His tough guy act fell on deaf ears.
"Right then Geoff, if that's your attitude I'll send it all up to the head conch right now," he got out of the chair and headed for the door. 'If he calls my bluff now I'm goosed,' Marty told himself, he turned the door knob, and Geoff called him back. His voice was weak, he was beaten, Marty had got him, now Marty smiled, but not at Geoff. 'Part two coming up,' he muttered under his breath.
"You want to talk Geoff?" Marty was confident now.
"What do you want Marty, tell me, I don't care what it is, you've got me. I'm done, my life will be over if you let this out," he dropped his head into his hands before looking at his tormentor. Outside of his office people were milling about, sat at their desks, doing their jobs.
"Geoff," he said," there are two things I have in mind that I can do, and which one I do will be yours to choose."
"What are they; tell me, I'll do whatever you say okay?" Geoff said almost brokenly. He knew what the first one would be, Marty went up stairs. But he had no idea what the second choice would be, and it would bowl him over, head over heels.
"Good Geoff, we have to keep this civil," Marty said, "and please remember where you are, any commotion in here from you will have devastating consequences, only for you though, not for me."
"Will you get on with it!" Geoff growled.
"I am having a long weekend this week, you already know that don't you; you signed it off for me, Friday through Monday, yes?" Geoff nodded. Marty took a deep breath, "Okay," he said, first option, One, I can go upstairs, and you are out of here, and you go straight to jail, agreed?" Geoff nodded his head, he was shitting himself wondering what No two would be.
"Number two Geoff is," Marty sucked in oxygen, "Kelly, your beautiful wife, spends this weekend with me," it was all he said, Marty saw Geoff's ears change colour, his cheeks flushed, he was coming to the boil. Marty quickly hooked his thumb over his shoulder a few times, indicating the staff in the outer office.
Geoff saw him, glanced up and got the message; but it didn't stop the rage at the suggestion. He was gripping the edge of his desk in utter anger. "How dare you even suggest such a thing you horrible little shit. I'll tell you what, take the fucking papers up, I'd rather you do that, because you are NOT getting my wife!"